Reports: At Least 200, Mostly Civilians, Killed in US-Led Airstrikes on Mosul District

TEHRAN (FNA)- At least 200 people, many of whom were civilians, were killed in airstrikes in the Northern Iraqi city of Mosul, local media outlets said.

Some 130 people have been killed in one house in Mosul’s Jadida neighborhood and around 100 others hit inside another, Rudaw reported.

The people were taking shelter inside homes when the airstrike hit the buildings.

According to Rudaw, ISIL terrorists could also be among the dead. The terrorists are reportedly entrenched inside civilian homes, while Al Masdar said in its account of the incident that the airstrike was conducted by US-led coaliton’s fighter jets.

“Some of the dead were taking shelter inside the homes,” Rudaw’s reporter said.

The advance of the Iraqi army was reportedly halted in the area due to the airstrikes.

The Iraqi operation to recapture Mosul, the key ISIL stronghold in Iraq, began in October 2016 and resulted in the liberation of Mosul’s Eastern part this January. Fighting continues in the city’s West.

In 2014 ISIL terrorists launched a full-scale offensive against Iraq, seizing a number of cities and towns including the second biggest Iraqi city of Mosul.

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